Fires resulting from unchecked deforestation are poisoning the air millions of people breathe, affecting health throughout the Brazilian Amazon, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), the Institute for Health Policy Studies(IEPS), and Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Fires and deforestation in the Amazon increased dramatically during 2019, President Jair Bolsonaro’s first year in office, and 2020 is already proving to be worse, the groups found.
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South Sudan: Inaction on Dire Security Agency Abuse
(Nairobi, December 14, 2020) – South Sudanese authorities have failed to stem or investigate the appalling abuses by the country’s National Security Service (NSS), Human Rights Watch said in a report published today.
Children with Disabilities Face Barriers to Education in Kyrgyzstan
(Berlin, December 10, 2020) – Thousands of children with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan are segregated in residential institutions where they can experience neglect, inappropriate medical treatment, and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said in a report publis
Children in Ecuador at High Risk of Sexual Violence in School
(New York, December 9, 2020) – Thousands of children and adolescents have suffered school-related sexual violence in Ecuador since 2014, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Locations of Residential Institutions and Special Schools Visited By Human Rights Watch
Locations of Residential Institutions and Special Schools Visited By Human Rights Watch
Annet's Story: Women in Sport Face Abusive Sex Testing
(Geneva, December 4, 2020) – Women track and field athletes, largely from the Global South, are abused and harmed by “sex testing” regulations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Satellite Images Of Firing Range And Camp
Satellite imagery recorded on September 10, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. local time, shows no tents on the area that was the firing range. The first tents appear there the following day in imagery recorded at 11:55 a.m.
Gaza: Power Cuts Harm People with Disabilities
Israel’s 13-year closure of the Gaza Strip along with neglect by Hamas authorities, significantly encumber the day-to-day life of tens of thousands of Palestinians with disabilities.
Timeline of Sex Testing in Sport
The 120-page report, “‘They’re Chasing Us Away from Sport’: Human Rights Violations in Sex Testing of Elite Women Athletes,” documents the experiences of more than a dozen women athletes from the Global South who have been affected by sex testing regulations.
Overview of illegal mining areas and deforestation around the Tapajós River, Pará State, Brazil
Overview of illegal mining areas and deforestation around the Tapajós River, Pará State, Brazil, accessed via https://mineria.amazoniasocioambiental.org/ on November 11, 2020.
Mining sites along tributaries of the Tapajós River, Pará State, Brazil
Satellite image recorded on October 12, 2020 shows mining sites and deforested areas along along tributaries of the Tapajós River in the Tapajós Environmental Protection Area (APA Tapajós), Pará State, Brazil.
